Green Update: How to Dispose of Broken CFL bulbs
Nationally, Green for All’s President Van Jones is before Congress today. Support his effort by signing this petition ... to a carpet or rug or your shoe, anything. Look for gray, silvery, round-edged dots or pools [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 14:36:00
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+ The bevelled glass Diamond Mirror by Piet Houtenbos is backed with a thin layer of silver and contains no mineral ... _handknit.jpg + Sebastian Schoenheit ’s hand-knit carpet is a rug-sized piece of knitting done on huge [more...]
Date: 2008-08-11 20:56:42
Cleaning Oriental Rugs Properly and Keep Them Looking Great
When you buy a wool carpet or area rug, you know that they have a beauty that cannot be compared. They are expensive but they are the finest carpets available. For many people wool carpets [more...]
Date: 2008-12-29 16:50:03
Shag area rugs, one of the most popular floor coverings around
Placing other types of rugs by home entrances, sinks, ... deep carpet soil like oil or grease. This can be done through a small rental machine or through ... the vacuum picks up particles that can damage the carpet fibers. As well as reducing the level [more...]
Date: 2008-11-06 09:55:49
Dog Poop Update
I took Rufus for a walk and he pished and pooped, after being home alone all day without a single accident that I could locate!!!! It’s unfortunate that he peed on the upstairs hall carpet yesterday and pooped on the den rug this morning. Luckily, his morning poop was dry and left no stain. I treated the rug anyway. Nice [more...]
Date: 2008-12-17 19:40:58
Contemporary rug designs from ege
Henrik has sent us a couple examples of rugs from Danish carpet company ege. Visit the ege website - here. contemporary rugs [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 08:01:13
Obama Uses FSC Certified Paper, Just Like Wend!
He bodysurfs, he bikes and he gets his inaugural invitations printed on FSC-certified paper; ... are planned, one with a green carpet made from recycled rug. How else will the big day’s activities [more...]
Date: 2009-01-10 22:04:40
How to Record the Best Live Drum Sound Ever
Recording drums is a bit of a lost art. Engineers used to spend a year experimenting with mics before they were allowed near a Fairlight or a ... Drum Canon Take the front skin off the bass drum. Get a roll of carpet or roll up a rug. It needs [more...]
Date: 2008-11-02 02:11:11
Creative CD Packaging
Creative CD Packaging August 22, 2008 “The cover design stands on its own too and plays along nicely with the overall concept ... and photographed), a fold in roof, the cd as the feature shag carpet rug and popup characters of the band [more...]
Date: 2008-08-22 13:50:12
My Son the Gymnast
My Son the Gymnast 26 June 2008 Category : Parenting & Kids My 5yo son has been going to gymnastics classes ... … BECAUSE. EVERY TIME we are on a soft surface – grass, carpet, or a rug. My son will place [more...]
Date: 2008-06-25 23:34:35
[Decade Of The Dude] Bowling Without The Carpet, Foreclosing On Housing
This year is the tenth anniversary of the Coen brothers’ The Big Lebowski about an LA slacker named “Dude” ... was manned by “slackers” while the industry pissed on the carpet (sorry, but a fundamental movie ... That rug really tied the room together. [more...]
Date: 2008-09-15 19:01:42
Friday Show Prep
Rich's Early Morning Chuckle:A minister who was very fond of pure, hot horseradish always kept a bottle of it on his dining room table ... tried to dodge a police search by disguising himself as a carpet. The thief rolled himself up in a giant rug and propped himself up against a balcony wall while cops searched his aunt's flat in Warsaw [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 11:15:00
Ladakh City
A must see destination for those seeing peace and calm is the Ladakh ... with out having the hand woven rugs, carpets and the thankas paintings as part of ones collection [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 00:00:24
Chocolate Landing on The Floor - Not In Your Mouth
#fullpost{display:inline;}When I am working with chocolate - be it chocolate sauce, tempered chocolate, ... by the Carpet and Rug Institute for product performanceSafe for Pets, Kids and the Environment* Non [more...]
Date: 2008-10-07 05:11:00
Thom Felicia from Dress My Nest answers my questions!
I recently had the honor of being invited to an online press conference interviewing Thom Felicia, ... and bold rug layered on your basic wall to wall carpet ... is a more livable version of what we know as modern design. Pair a classic rug [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 16:13:00
Will I miss this place?
You know you never quite appreciate just how good you have it till you don't ... at all. I will not miss the carpet. This week I rented a rug doctor to try and spruce it up. It looks pretty good [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 22:27:00
Surfaces 2009
Every year nearly 40,000 floor covering retailers, distributors, architects, designers, ... What all will be shown? CARPET | CERAMIC TILE | HARDWOOD | LAMINATE | MARBLE | RESILIENT | RUGS | STONE [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 19:48:55
Late night
“Earlier this week at the White House — historic. Barack Obama met with all three living ex-presidents and one current brain-dead president ... “During the meeting, Bill Clinton was impressed by the light brown carpet in the Oval Office, saying, ‘I love this rug.’ Though he did say it would look better if it was just a thin strip down [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 05:00:15
How To Help a Dog Suffering With Arthritis
How To Help a Dog Suffering With Arthritis December 23rd, ... grip on the floor while recuperating. It is therefore recommended that you have a rug or carpet [more...]
Date: 2008-12-23 13:01:47
How To Help a Dog Suffering With Arthritis
How To Help a Dog Suffering With Arthritis January 17th, ... grip on the floor while recuperating. It is therefore recommended that you have a rug or carpet [more...]
Date: 2009-01-17 09:01:02
Keep your nursery snug with the Global Warming Rug
e039316de49e7e49ef022ac4935df8ca.jpg I'm not usually into blue, but I love this carpet. For obviously reasons, it's called the Global Warming Rug. Lone polar bear, strides across diminished ice floe, surrounded by vast Arctic Sea. Subtle it's not, cute it is. Made from 100% wool. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 23:45:07
What I Did Yesterday
In addition to a couple loads of dyeing, I cleaned off the tables out here in the office studio. Yikes ... to rip up the carpet and stain the concrete and put in area rugs, which I hope to find at Ikea in Dallas this weekend.But yesterday. First, in the mess of moving and cleaning and sorting, I forgot to eat [more...]
Date: 2009-01-08 17:01:00
Kim Stolz Takes A Trip Down The Red Carpet
FROM MTV NEWSROOM: Gearing up for tomorrow night’s glitz and glamour, Kim Stolz decided to scope out the 2008 VMA red carpet runway. It might just look like a red rug to you, but Kim’s learned it takes a small army over a week’s worth of work to bring this year’s carpet to Paramount Studios. Starting at Bronson Gate [more...]
Date: 2008-09-07 01:44:32
You work--I'll do the pretty stuff.
Yawn. I'm worn out from helping my husband put his new office together...quick! ... . No conference chairs, but we almost requisitioned this rug. It turned out to be a 25' red carpet ... cherry finish with the 1950's desk that's original to the office. Now I need to round up a rug [more...]
Date: 2008-07-16 02:05:00
Saturday Stuff
Yesterday was a bit of a blur. School, then waiting for the floor, blind and appliance people to take over the house around 9:00 ... of his mom having a carpet shampooer and borrowed hers instead of renting a rug doctor. Fred had fun [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 02:33:00
All in a Days Play
If playing is a toddlers work then Milo is a workaholic ... and get the goldfish out of my hand and place them on the floor. Since it was a freshly vacuumed carpet I figured ... grind in goldfish out of my rug. Photobucket [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 17:14:32
Obama's green inaugural footprint
Obama's green inaugural footprint Posted January 11, 2009 9:00 AM ... Balls are planned, including one featuring a green carpet made from--what else?--a recycled rug [more...]
Date: 2009-01-11 17:50:39
So Wii Graphics Are To Fugly For TV According to EA
So earlier today, its seems that some truth in advertising came out after someone noticed some too good to be true graphics for the latest ... more than once tell us that his special cleaning rag will absorb all the wine that someone spills on a rug, all the way down to the padding underneath the carpet. Do we actually believe that to be true [more...]
Date: 2008-12-18 09:03:04
My daughter liked her new warm floor so much I’m doing my son’s room next!
This week we decided to try something slightly different ... the room look “clean” as opposed to her old carpet. Were you there for the install? Marie ... under my rug on my heated floor and takes a nap. One day I got cold and used my rug as a blanket [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 16:16:42
Super Shag Collection Rug
At modern2modern, they offer a large line brand new, modern and contemporary rugs. Just like this Super Shag Collection Rug. It is stitched with a heavy coat of furry carpet-like fabric that’s very soft to the touch, and will comfort your feet. This rug can be ordered in many different colors from the rug line [more...]
Date: 2009-01-18 08:09:18
sneak peek: elana of rosebud design
today’s sneak peek comes to us from the lovely elana iaciofano, ... : The bedroom is a bit more muted in color. The walls are a soft green, and the rug is a Madeline Weinrib that I found at an ABC Carpet & Home sample sale. I picked up the coral color in the rug [more...]
Date: 2008-07-22 17:00:41
Marrakech day trip: Moroccan decor at the Waterfalls of Ouzoud.....
Before the blogging girl headed off into uncharted territory, a family trip was called for... ... , Moroccan style: a patterned leather pouf on a patterned Moroccan rug from the Atlas Mountains ... .) Check out the groovy Moroccan carpet:) Fun colors in the hand woven Moroccan kilim pillow. Blog 10 [more...]
Date: 2008-09-22 19:50:50
Meditations: Mr. Potato-god
When I finished seminary, I was working as a carpet cleaner in Los Angeles, ... . It was because of these rug cleaning gigs that I got the chance to learn what people really thought [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 16:00:00
Is it worth it to buy a steam cleaner for the carpet? (pfblogs.org)
Steam cleaning the carpet is not my favorite thing in the world. I’ve rented the little Rug Doctor type machines before, and while they work great, shampooing the carpets is a lot of work. Did I mention a LOT of work? So sadly, we almost never [more...]
Date: 2008-09-21 15:59:28
A Brief History of Vacuum Cleaners
The first person to patent a machine for cleaning was David Hess in the year 1860 ... is history. About the Author Vacuum Cleaners Info provides detailed information about industrial ... that there was probably an easier way to clean rugs without all the fuss and mess and he invented the Carpet [more...]
Date: 2008-10-23 18:47:33
Dog for Sale
Apparently today was not a good Friday for some of us. Erin and Leah both came home to some sucky situations. Me? Well, I'll let you decide.. ... , I spent 45 minutes moving my coffee table, lugging the area rug to my back yard, throwing dirt ... one of those heavy duty carpet cleaners. If that doesn't do the trick, we might have to get new [more...]
Date: 2008-07-12 02:45:37
Average Jane & Home Improvement
When I woke up this morning, our guest room room full o' crap looked like this: ... of the unknown. By 11:30 p.m., the room looked like this: P0935 There, now you can see the purple carpet ... project. I haven't actually budgeted for the furniture, area rug or a TV for that room, but I'll worry [more...]
Date: 2009-01-12 05:57:53
DIY - Flooring - Basic Carpet Care and Repair
Spills happen. Carpets get stained. Even everyday use will soon enough create a carpet that needs to be cleaned ... . Everyone sometimes runs out of commercial carpet cleaners just at the wrong moment. Using sponges ... from a pile rug can completely eliminate the problem. In most cases, the damage is a larger spot [more...]
Date: 2008-10-21 10:47:18
DIY Flooring Home Improvement Projects - Basic Carpet Care and Repair
Spills happen. Carpets get stained. Even everyday use will soon enough create a carpet that needs to be cleaned ... . Everyone sometimes runs out of commercial carpet cleaners just at the wrong moment. Using sponges ... from a pile rug can completely eliminate the problem. In most cases, the damage is a larger spot [more...]
Date: 2008-11-24 20:14:19
Susanna Foster on Phantom of the Opera, Nelson Eddy, Jeanette MacDonald and Judy Garland
Excerpts from my interview with Susanna Foster, recorded at Musso and Frank’s restaurant, 1983. © 1983, 2005 by Sharon Rich, all rights reserved ... , and we went straight to Mayer’s office. And there was a long grey carpet. And then my Pomeranian spitz proceeded to do his thing on the rug. He (Mayer) was friendly…. He was very nice to me. [more...]
Date: 2009-01-19 15:49:29
Artisan - Mod Mott
What happened to lounging on the floor? We did it as kids, coloring and playing games and snacking; ... s harvested from sustainable Malaysian forests, it’s 100% eco-friendly as well. In need of a cozy carpet to complete the look? Check out Luanne’s post about Eco-Terric’s decorative rug collection [more...]
Date: 2008-10-30 11:00:00
Your Daily WTF: Guru Mouth Has Made Love To Many Things
Your Daily WTF: Guru Mouth Has Made Love To Many Things Posted by Ross Rosenberg A severed puppet head, floating in front of a multicolored disc and shag carpet background, reminisces about his first ... overwhelmed with humpiness”, he violated his grandmother’s bathroom rug, which to you and me may seem odd [more...]
Date: 2008-10-10 13:42:13
Rug Burned
Rug Burned Funny Jokes Posted on Thursday, November 06, 2008 by Author @ 11:06 AM A carpet layer had just finished installing carpet for a lady ... of the room, under the carpet, was a bump. "No sense pulling up the entire floor for one pack of smokes," he said to himself. He got out his hammer and flattened the hump. As he was cleaning up, the lady [more...]
Date: 2008-11-09 03:09:03
Vibrant Blue Dining Rooms in California and Paris.
I remember when I was a kid, my sister painted her basement apartment a very garish and remarkably unattractive shade of ... of it on the carpet and furniture, giving the whole project a really bizarre and unsettling feel. That image ... rug, vintage retro console, and that bright pop of blue on the wall in the background makes this room [more...]
Date: 2009-01-09 01:38:51
Puppy Love
by Myrna Bettenay Who could resist her pleading eyes, shiny black coat and tan and white face? ... and pooed on every carpet she could find. Marking her territory, so we were told. It’ ... jumpers and a rug and put it in the car-port. She settled down and didn’t move all night. She was too [more...]
Date: 2009-01-16 15:37:28
Power Plant
Back in 1980 NASA started investigating ways to provide clean air in enclosed spaces ... more polluted than the air outside- even in a big city! And seemingly innocuous things like carpets, cleaning ... air. Of course we do our best to bring natural (and chemical free) jute rugs into our home, use eco [more...]
Date: 2009-01-07 17:44:06
Rug Cleaning
Rug cleaning is an involved process that is performed to remove dirt, stains and other debris from carpeting. It is generally performed as part of routine maintenance, but also might be called [more...]
Date: 2008-12-28 18:41:56
~Condo Living Room Before~
The view from the kitchen.Looking across the living room, from the bar ... rug is Dash & Albert Cabin Stripe. This will stay, also. We hope to replace the carpet with hard [more...]
Date: 2009-01-14 21:25:00
I Want New Rugs!
When I first bought my home a few years ago, I did not like the carpet at all. My husband thought it was a good idea to have tile installed throughout the house. So we go to Home Depot and buy [more...]
Date: 2009-01-20 01:33:58
"It Doesn't Get Better Than Ms. Vickie's Salt and Vinegar Chips" [The Commies]
As you may have heard, Gawker is making some unfortunate cutbacks because loan officers had a really wicked party while their parents were out of ... to BullFightsOnAcid in On The Internet Everyone Knows You Want To Kill Them: "Just what is a 'female on the rug'? I Googled it and all I got were ways to get cat pee out of the carpet." Good job all. [more...]
Date: 2008-10-03 21:10:00
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